Head Cardiology and Internal Medicine Grouping, Cardiac Surgery Dpt, San Gaudenzio Clinic, Novara - Policlinico di Monza, Italy. Consultant Cardiologist, Monza Hospital, Bucharest, Romania. Background: outstanding experience in clinical cardiology, with +30 years activity in management of pts candidate to open heart surgery. Vast experience in echocardiography with +40 years of experience. Specific expertise in mitral valve diseases and generally in valves repair surgery. Lecturer & chairman in various international meetings. Tutor and organizer of training programs in cardiology & cardiac surgery in Italy for the Italian, Romanian, Moldavian, Georgian and Polish doctors. Since 2010 promoter of the live streaming sessions in cardiac surgery & echocardiography either in Italy or Romania, as tool and novel modality of tele-learning programs in cardiology. +40 live sessions from the operating room to the congress halls abroad in Europe - Austria, Spain, Romania, Poland, Turkey, Moldova.